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| Course Goals and Objectives |
Course Goals and Objectives
| Pharmacological Treatments for Chronic Pain At the completion of this day of lecture, you will: |
 | Understand the different mechanisms between acute and | |
| chronic pain. |
| Learn the four-tiered approach to the management of chronic | |
| pain. |
| Know the limitations to the use of opioids to treat chronic pain. |
| Understand the pharmacology of opioids and the extent of | |
| abuse. |
| Learn new concepts in the treatment of opioid dependence. |
| Understand the pharmacology of cannabinoid agonists and | |
| antagonists and how to implement this into clinical practice. |
| How to implement a multi-tiered pain management approach | |
| into clinical practice. |
| Most importantly, you will learn to incorporate this material into your clinical practice. |